“Ehara te pae i te tawhiti rawa ki ngā mea e haere tikatia!”
“No horizon is too far for those properly prepared”
“Moving towards the goal of sustainability requires fundamental changes in human attitudes and behaviour.
Progress in this direction is thus critically dependant on education and public awareness.
Education must not be equated with schooling or formal education alone.
It includes non formal and informal modes of instruction and learning as well as including traditional learning acquired in the home or community”1
Te Arā Whānui Kura Kaupapa Māori O Ngā Kohanga Reo O Te Awa Kairangi was born out of frustration for the survival, maintenance, extension and retention of Te Reo Māori for the children who were nurtured in Te Kohanga Reo in the Hutt Valley
In 1995 after more than 11 years of the various styles of educational options available to graduates of Te Kohanga Reo at that time, a collective decision was made between the kaitiaki of Kokiri Marae and Waiwhetū Marae that the communities merge and consolidate their resources to develop the best possible option for all graduates of Te Kohanga Reo within the Hutt Valley.
Mr Richard Luke and Mrs Keriana Olsen from Waiwhetū and Kokiri Marae respectively, in consultation and inclusion of all Te Kohanga Reo of the Hutt Valley (at that time numbering 22), then laid the foundations for the merging of the communities including ngāMarae and ngā Kohanga Reo, to commit their support in the development of the kura as we know it today.
1 Te Kohanga Reo. He Ahurewa Māna. Morvin T Simon, 1989 Page 29
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